Theophilus William Whitfield

Theophilus William Whitfield

• Father: Thomas Jefferson Whitfield b. 9 July 1861, d. 9 September 1931
• Mother: Emma Elizabeth Cain b. 29 October 1865, d. 11 February 1949

• Theophilus William Whitfield was born on 12 February 1899 in Texas.
• Thomas Jefferson Whitfield and Emma Elizabeth Cain appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Theophilus William Whitfield, William Whitfield, Mamie Whitfield, John Earl Whitfield, Hattie Lillian Whitfield and Allen Whitfield.
• Thomas Jefferson Whitfield and Emma Elizabeth Cain appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Theophilus William Whitfield, Mamie Whitfield, Allen Whitfield, John Earl Whitfield, Hattie Lillian Whitfield, Claude Whitfield, Maude Whitfield and Carrie Mae Whitfield.
• Theophilus William Whitfield registered for the draft in September 1918 in Grimes County, Texas, while single and working as a time keeper in Fort Worth, with his permanent address as Richards.
• Thomas Jefferson Whitfield and Emma Elizabeth Cain appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Theophilus William Whitfield, Hattie Lillian Whitfield, Allen Whitfield, Maude Whitfield, Claude Whitfield, Carrie Mae Whitfield and Aubrey Whitfield.
• He was a mechanic in an automobile shop, according to the 1920 census.
• He married Unknown (?) circa 1920.
• He married Inez (?) circa 1928, and they were divorced apparently between the 1930 census and 1935.
• Theophilus William Whitfield and Inez (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included James Boyd Whitfield.
• He was a farm laborer, according to the 1930 census.
• In 1935, Theo and James Boyd Whitfield were living in Goose Creek, Harris County, according to the 1940 census.
• He married Verma (?) circa 1937.
• Theophilus William Whitfield appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Harris County, Texas. Other members of the household included James Boyd Whitfield.
• He was operating a meat market, according to the 1940 census.
• At the time of his death Theophilus William Whitfield was living in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 8807 Lomax.
• Theophilus William Whitfield died on 21 March 1960 at age 61 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at M. D. Anderson Hospital . Informant wast Mrs. Allie Whitfield, probably the wife of his brother Claude.
• He was interred at Brookside Memorial Park, Houston, Harris County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 28 Sep 2012